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[Dustin]

"Ther gon' take muh gunz!!"

[Dustin]

Map of 74 school shootings since sandy hook.

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Amazing Tree Stump Carvings











More amazing ones here: Tree stump carvings

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Map of 74 school shootings since sandy hook.

Here's a map of school shooting all over the world



notice how these "civilized" countries have the most shootings. Makes you wonder if there is a correlation between mental health problems among the absence of other problems most in advanced societies will never have. Possibly other factors like video games, movies, and music might also be a factor as well. Another note is the lack of issues and isolation that is made possible by this society is also interesting.

Of course instead of school shootings, there is extreme poverty, kids walking around in the street killing people without consequence, bombs going off, etc. Perhaps we need some excitement to keep this country "civilized".

For a movie, The Dark Night sure made some good points.

" They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These civilized people...they'll eat each other." - The Joker

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Google buying Skybox should be interesting.

[Dustin]

Here are the links:

➤ Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/ar...inst-drugs.htm

➤ Tooth decay treatment
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2...ecay-treatment

➤Bionic pancreas
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/b...r-201406177215

➤ Space Mars mission
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...-ahead-of-nasa

➤ Horned dinosaur
http://www.livescience.com/46427-new...-headgear.html

➤ Pluto's underground ocean
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/0...erground-ocean

➤ Time travel simulation
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-simulat...eisenberg.html

➤ Baldness treatment
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/88...grows-hair.htm

[Dustin]

A droplet of water orbiting a knitting needle in zero gravity

[Dustin]

1.Google I/O Keynote: The most important announcements at Google I/O 2014 | Android Central

2.Self-powered pacemaker: The first demonstration of a self-powered cardiac pacemaker

3.Tel Aviv Sky Car: Sky Cars Coming to Tel Aviv in 2015 : Discovery News

4.Brain Driver Project: BBC - Future - Mind-control: ?I drove a car with my thoughts?

5.Quadriplegic thought control: Brain Chip Allows Quadriplegic Man to Move His Hand : Discovery News

6.Invisibility Cloak: Kit Researchers Create Mechanical Invisibility Cloak | SciTech Daily

[Dustin]

Links Are Here :
➤ Brain implant
Brain implant lets paralyzed man move hand with his thoughts | Neurogadget.com
➤ Brain cancer vaccine
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articl...ancer-Vaccine/
➤ NASA’s flying saucer
Nasa's 'flying saucer' splashes back down after test - Telegraph
➤ Gliese 832c planet
Exoplanet Discovery Has Earth-Like Qualities - Space News - redOrbit
➤ Anti-clotting drug
Potential Alzheimer's drug prevents abnormal blood clots in the brain
➤ Quantum computers
Physicists find way to boot up quantum computers 72 times faster than previously possible
➤ Artificial mini-heart
Lab-grown mini beating human hearts 'may lead to a cure for heart disease' - Medical News Today
➤ Bacteria and obesity
Engineered Probiotics Prevent Obesity in Mice

[Dubya61]

If only the guys who developed the invisibility cloak that hides objects from being touched and the guys who developed the anti-masturbation velcro cross would have talked to each other -- well, I just think that would have been a better press release.

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[Dustin]

The Future Television Will Be Paper Thin and Rollable, LG Says - ABC News

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This is pretty neat:

Self-Sustaining Urban Ecosystem Discovered In Abandoned Building In Thailand



Thailand’s capital is a vibrant city full of surprises, and this abandoned shopping mall in old town Bangkok is certainly no exception. Tucked away behind an unassuming looking gate is New World shopping mall which burned down back in 1999. Because it doesn’t have a roof anymore, the basement is flooded all year round.

At some stage, a person started introducing Koi and Catfish into the basement. The population thrived and now this abandoned building has transitioned into a self-sustained, urban aquarium!

Photographer and professional cook Jesse Rockwell was lucky enough to find out where this hidden gem lies and took some snaps of it, it's pretty cool.


Read more at Self-Sustaining Urban Ecosystem Discovered In Abandoned Building In Thailand | IFLScience

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[Dustin]

• Tesla Gigafactory
• NASA Microwave Thrusters
• Nanosubmarine
• Lithium Battery
• Data Transmission
• Adaptive Display

[Mel]

I want one of these. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/bring-jet...807778339.html

[MadMonk]

I want one of these. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/bring-jet...807778339.html

I keep hoping that that sort of tech starts trickling down to mainstream cars, much like on-board navigation has.

[Dustin]

The Worlds First Family Robot: JIBO

[Mel]

I keep hoping that that sort of tech starts trickling down to mainstream cars, much like on-board navigation has.

It's a nice step toward better driving. I keep my gps down low where I don't have to look away from what's in front of me.

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This is a cool gif of ants forming a chain to haul away a millipede

Ants Form Daisy-Chain To Haul Away Millipede

Scientists were boggled when they witnessed, for the first time, a colony of Leptogenys ants in Southeast Asia forming a daisy chain to carry much larger prey: A millipede. Though cooperative ant behaviour is well-documented, including forming life rafts in floods, this chaining behavior is quite different. Instead of carrying prey directly in their mandibles, the ants are forming organized lines by linking their mandibles to the preceding ant’s abdomen (gaster). Scientists are struggling to understand this previously undocumented type of cooperative transport.



- Ants Form Daisy-Chain To Haul Away Millipede | IFLScience